Dress-placket fastener.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

G. BURROWS. DRESS PLAGKET FASTBNBR.

APPLIOA'I'IOR TILED JULY 14. 1904.

GEORGE BURRUVVS, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

DRESS-PLACKET FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed July 14, 1904. Serial No. 216,619.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEonoE Bunnows, commercial traveler, a subect of the King of Great Britain, and a resi ent of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating to Dress- Placket Fasteners, (for which application has been made in Great Britain, No. 21 201, dated October 3, 1903,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object a dressplacket fastener whereby the placket can be 0 ened by hand, will remain open, and on c osing will hold fast automatically, requiring a considerable pull beyond what would accidentally come upon the dress to open it again.

In the accompanying drawin s, Figure l is a view of the fastener open app ied to a dress placket; Fig. 2, the same closed; Fig. 3, an edge view of the fastener separated from the skirt; Fig. 4, a perspective view thereof.

A fastening device constructed in accordance with the present invention comprises a primary and an auxiliary member A and A, respectively. In constructing the primary member A, I employ a springy check or blade a, and in constructing the auxiliary member A, I also employ a sprin y cheek or blade of The primary flexible bla e a is provided with a stirrup e, which carries primary right-angled extensions 1) and also a substantially flat spring d. The auxiliary blade a is pivotally mounted upon extensions 1), and owing to the positioning of spring (1 upon blade at the same retains the blades closed together or wide 0 ened, respectively. The blade a is adapted to be moved laterany with respect to the primary blade (1. The stirrup e carries spring d and is drilled with apertures f upon its lower end. The auxiliary blade (1" has a fin or g, against which the spring d presses, an tends to make the blades after passing a certain angle fly together when being closed or fly open after passing said angle when being opened. At a point where the two blades are partly open this projection presses against the spring and puts the highest pressure upon it but on either side of this point the pressure is relieved. The result is that the spring, which constitutes cushioning means, always has a strong tendency to kee the two blades closed while the are close as in a closed position there is east pressure on the spring and increased pressure up to a certain point of opening of the blades, after which the pressure is reduced, so that beyond that oint the blades tend to stand wide open. It wiIl be obvious that the finger g engages the portion of the spring d which projects into the rectangular opening of the stirru carried I by the primary blade at and that t 1e finger slides longitudinally over the spring when lateral movement is imparted tothe blade.

In use the two blades are placed at the edge of the placket i with the hinge at the bottom where the slit ends, the hinged end being fastened in place by sewing the material to the holes f, and the other ends of the blades are fastened to the waist-belt 7c of the skirt by sewing it to the holes 0, the edges of the placket being hemmed over the blades throughout their length. When it is desired to put on the petticoat or skirt, the placket is opened by hand and will remain open to admit of the wearer putting it on. Then on closing the placket the fastener will hold the slit fast automatically, and the placket cannot separate with a considerable pull beyond what would accidentally come upon the dress to 0 en it.

T e two sprin y cheeks or blades a and a, which are hin e together, are provided with stirru s e an e, said stirrups being preferably ormed of non-springy material. The stirrup e of primary blade at carries the spring (1, which projects mto the rectan ular opening h, and the stirrup e is provide with afinor g, which works against the spring d, so that at the oint where the primary and auxiliar bla es are partly opened the spring has the highest pressure exerted upon it; but upon either side of this the pressure is relieved. It will be obvious that the stirrups arei secured to the blades near their lower on It is obvious that in cases where a bustle or dress-improve! is worn to expand the body of the skirt below the waist that the blades can be formed in a suitable curve, so as to correspond with the outward curve of the improver.

I declare that what I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a primary blade, a stirrup having an opening secured to said blade, said stirrup provided with parallel, right-angled extensions and a spring, an auxiliary blade provided with a stirrup pivotally mounted ICC upon said extensions, said auxiliary stirrup provided with. a linger, and said finger normally in engagement with said spring.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a flexible, primary blade, a stirrup having a rectangular opening secured to said blade, an angular spring secured upon said stirrup and partly closing and extending into said opening, said stirrup provided with parallel, right-angled extensions, an auxiliary flexible blade provided with a stirrup pivotally mounted upon said parallel extensions, said auxiliary blade provided with a finger, said finger extending into the rectangular opening of the stirrup secured to the primary blade and normally in engagement with the spring for controlling movement of the blade.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a primary and an auxiliary blade, said primary blade provided with a stirrup at one end, said stirrup having an opening formed therein, parallel, integral extensions formed upon said stirrup, a spring secured upon one side of said stirrup and projecting into the opening formed therein, a stirrup secured to said. auxiliary blade near one end, and a finger formed upon said stirrup and normally engaging the portion of the spring projecting into the opening of the stirrup carried b r the primary blade.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a primary and an auxiliary blade,

a stirrup having a rectangular opening secured to said primary blade at its lower end, an angular spring secured near one end of said stirrup and projecting into said opening, said stirrup provided with parallel extensions projecting at right angles thereto, the auxiliary blade journaled upon said parallel extensions, a stirrup secured to the lowerend of said auxiliary blade, a finger secured to said stirrup adapted to engage the inner face of said spring and slide longitudinally over a portion of the inner face of the same, when lateral movement is imparted to one of said blades.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination of a primary blade, a stirrup rovided with an opening carried by said blade, said stirru provided with extensions, a spring carried by said stirrup and extending into the openin thereof, an auxiliary blade provided with a stirrup, ivotally mounted upon said extensions, and a finger formed upon said stirrup carried by the auxiliary blade, the finger adapted to engage said spring.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 28th day of June, 1904, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEO. BURROWS.

Witnesses.

G. C. DYMOND, H. VVA'rsoN. 

